Weekly Brew: July 2, 2021

A weekly shot of this week's most viewed stories from Ballotpedia's Daily Brew

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Maine governor vetoes bill prohibiting ballot measure contributions from foreign government-owned entities The bill would have applied to an initiative certified for the 2021 ballot that would prohibit the construction of a 145-mile long, high-voltage transmission line project from hydroelectric plants in Quebec to electric utilities in Massachusetts and Maine. KEEP READING

The latest on police-related local ballot measures So far this year, Ballotpedia has tracked six certified local police-related ballot measures. We’re also tracking potential measures later this year in Minneapolis and Cleveland. We focused on recent events related to these measures in Wednesday’s Brew. KEEP READING

Six national party fundraising committees have raised a combined $337 million through the end of May According to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings, the committees raised $65 million in May alone. Click on the link below to see how much each committee has raised and spent monthly this year. KEEP READING

SCOTUS issues final two opinions of term These two decisions brought the total number of opinions issued this term to 66. The court will now be in recess until the start of the next term in October. Click the link below for more data about this year’s term on Ballotpedia. KEEP READING

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